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title: "Famous Paradox Sayings"
description: "Browse 1,142 Paradox quotes by 869 authors. Discover the best Paradox sayings and thoughts."
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> [The 'paradox' is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality 'ought to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/the-paradox-is-only-a-conflict-between-reality-and-your-feeling-of/)

[Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/)

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> [When a paradox is widely believed, it is no longer recognized as a paradox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/when-a-paradox-is-widely-believed-it-is-no-longer-recognized-as-a/)

[Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/)

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> [“I stole this from Zen Master Suzuki Roshi: If it's not paradoxical it's not true!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-b-murphy/i-stole-this-from-zen-master-suzuki-roshi-if-it-s-not-paradoxical-it/)

[C.B. Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-b-murphy/)

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> [“Or--to quote another paradoxical gem of my dad's: sometimes you have to lose to win.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/or-to-quote-another-paradoxical-gem-of-my-dad-s-sometimes-you-have-to/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [Are we to assist it in gaining power in order to save our lives? Is that the paradox of our earthly situation?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/are-we-to-assist-it-in-gaining-power-in-order-to-save-our-lives-is/)

[Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/)

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> [“The absence of the latter means nothing, though its presence may mean everything”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/the-absence-of-the-latter-means-nothing-though-its-presence-may-mean/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [True learning always creates a paradox of promoting disagreement in order to create a consensus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-matobo/true-learning-always-creates-a-paradox-of-promoting-disagreement-in/)

[Frank Matobo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-matobo/)

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> [Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-m-cioran/tragic-paradox-of-freedom-the-mediocre-men-who-alone-make-its/)

[Emile M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-m-cioran/)

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> [People who are in politics to be right all the time would be better off taking up fly-fishing. It's less dangerous. Politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-kinnock/people-who-are-in-politics-to-be-right-all-the-time-would-be-better/)

[Neil Kinnock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-kinnock/)

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> [“As a citizen, of course. As a parent, of course. But as an artist, that's where the paradox is - your responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cronenberg/as-a-citizen-of-course-as-a-parent-of-course-but-as-an-artist-that-s/)

[David Cronenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cronenberg/)

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> [I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-played-with-an-idea-and-grew-willful-tossed-it-into-the-air/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/people-have-traditionally-turned-to-ritual-to-help-them-frame-and/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/the-secular-state-is-the-guarantee-of-religious-pluralism-this/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [A paradox is a seeming contradiction, always demanding a change on the side of the observer. If we look at almost all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/a-paradox-is-a-seeming-contradiction-always-demanding-a-change-on-the/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [“I was a happy melancholy, though — a contradiction in terms, to be sure, but every human understands this paradox, because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-s-rich/i-was-a-happy-melancholy-though-a-contradiction-in-terms-to-be-sure/)

[Jamie S. Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-s-rich/)

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> [The motion of the mind is conveyed along a cloud of meaning.~ There is this paradox that we get to meaning only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berlinski/the-motion-of-the-mind-is-conveyed-along-a-cloud-of-meaning-there-is/)

[David Berlinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berlinski/)

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> [Our equal and opposite needs for solitude and community constitute a great paradox. When it is torn apart, both of these life-giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/our-equal-and-opposite-needs-for-solitude-and-community-constitute-a/)

[Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/)

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> [most of us persist in regarding leadership as synonymous with - indeed solely derived from - high position. Perhaps the notion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-helgesen/most-of-us-persist-in-regarding-leadership-as-synonymous-with-indeed/)

[Sally Helgesen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-helgesen/)

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> [The deep paradox uncovered by AI research: the only way to deal efficiently with very complex problems is to move away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-crevier/the-deep-paradox-uncovered-by-ai-research-the-only-way-to-deal/)

[Daniel Crevier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-crevier/)

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> [There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/there-are-hundreds-of-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-around-the-united/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

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> [On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course, when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes, we rush to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-dieudonne/on-foundations-we-believe-in-the-reality-of-mathematics-but-of-course/)

[Jean Dieudonne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-dieudonne/)

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> [The frustrating paradox is that coaching goalkeeping actually requires more resources than outfield positions. Unlike David Beckham and Wayne Rooney, who can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james/the-frustrating-paradox-is-that-coaching-goalkeeping-actually/)

[David James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james/)

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> [What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-william-fulbright/what-a-curious-picture-it-is-to-find-man-homo-sapiens-of-divine/)

[J. William Fulbright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-william-fulbright/)

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> [“Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/leopards-break-into-the-temple-and-drink-to-the-dregs-what-is-in-the/)

[Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/)

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> [ Logic cannot model causal systems, and paradox is generated when time is ignored \[as in logic\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/logic-cannot-model-causal-systems-and-paradox-is-generated-when-time/)

[Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/)

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> [So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hyde-pierce/so-much-of-life-is-paradox-so-much-of-life-is-neither-one-thing-nor/)

[David Hyde Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hyde-pierce/)

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> [“The strange paradox of science is that it does not explain reality, it explains our fantasy. It is a beautiful thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laren-grey-umphlett/the-strange-paradox-of-science-is-that-it-does-not-explain-reality-it/)

[Laren Grey Umphlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laren-grey-umphlett/)

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> [“To be happy to be sad and sad to be happy is to sing an echo in that beautiful language called Sorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/to-be-happy-to-be-sad-and-sad-to-be-happy-is-to-sing-an-echo-in-that/)

[Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/)

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> [“Only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/only-those-who-are-comfortable-with-each-other-can-sit-without/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [That's the paradox of loss: How can something that's gone weigh us down so much?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/that-s-the-paradox-of-loss-how-can-something-that-s-gone-weigh-us/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [“A paradox: The things you don’t need to live—books, art, cinema, wine, and so on—are the things you need to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-haig/a-paradox-the-things-you-don-t-need-to-live-books-art-cinema-wine-and/)

[Matt Haig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-haig/)

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> [The paradox is that no love can prove so intense as the love of two narcissists for each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mailer/the-paradox-is-that-no-love-can-prove-so-intense-as-the-love-of-two/)

[Norman Mailer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mailer/)

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> [“All days from the week are typical, that's all… nothing less, nothing more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deyth-banger/all-days-from-the-week-are-typical-that-s-all-nothing-less-nothing/)

[Deyth Banger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deyth-banger/)

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> [This is the greatest paradox: the emotions cannot be trusted; yet it is the emotions that tell us the greatest truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-herold/this-is-the-greatest-paradox-the-emotions-cannot-be-trusted-yet-it-is/)

[Don Herold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-herold/)

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> [Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-evans/actions-are-always-more-complex-and-nuanced-than-they-seem-we-have-to/)

[Harold Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-evans/)

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> [It is a great paradox - almost everyone wants to improve his circumstances but almost no one wants to improve himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-w-sill/it-is-a-great-paradox-almost-everyone-wants-to-improve-his/)

[Sterling W Sill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-w-sill/)

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> [All my writing has been an effort to sort out the paradoxes of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/all-my-writing-has-been-an-effort-to-sort-out-the-paradoxes-of-my-life/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

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> [This, then, is the ultimate paradox of thought: to want to discover something that thought itself cannot think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-then-is-the-ultimate-paradox-of-thought-to-want-to-discover/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/an-intriguing-paradox-of-the-1990s-is-that-it-isn-t-called-a-decade/)

[Paul Samuelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-samuelson/)

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> [“The tourist’s paradox: how to find somewhere that’s free of people exactly like us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/the-tourist-s-paradox-how-to-find-somewhere-that-s-free-of-people/)

[David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/)

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                        "text": "“Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony. (Leoparden brechen in den Tempel ein und saufen die Opferkrüge leer; das wiederholt sich immer wieder; schließlich kann man es vorausberechnen, und es wird ein Teil der Zeremonie.)”",
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                        "text": "“The strange paradox of science is that it does not explain reality, it explains our fantasy. It is a beautiful thing.”",
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                        "text": "That's the paradox of loss: How can something that's gone weigh us down so much?",
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